Suda 51 talks mass acceptance, Lollipop Chainsaw, NMH3

The weirdest thing happened yesterday. Suda 51, creator ofNo More Heroes,Lollipop Chainsaw,Killer 7,Shadows of the Damned, and many other strange and wonderful games called me up and said “Hey, let’s pretend we’re back at PAX East 2012 talking about how excited we are for the launch ofLollipop Chainsaw!”. I was like “Cool dawg, lets videotape it and askSir Tobbiito edit it for us!” He was over my house five minutes later, happier than a little girl (and it showed)....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 221 words · Jaime Davis

Tantalus working on unannounced AAA Wii U port

Tantalus Media makes mostly portable and licensed titles these days (tryCars 2: Mater-national Championshipfor the Game Boy Advance), but their40+ game historyhad them working on bigger stuff in the past for consoles, likeWipeout 2097for the Saturn, orArea 51on the PlayStation. And now it seems that they’re working on something bigger yet again, this time for the Wii U. The LinkedIn account of programmerGraeme Webbrevealed that Tantalus has been working on a port of an unannounced “AAA” Wii U title....

August 4, 2025 · 1 min · 146 words · Jeffrey Ashley

The Banner Saga 2 picks up on PS4, Xbox One, PC

More details coming in early 2015 The Banner Saga 2, which was just revealed at the Game Awards over the weekend, is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in 2015, Stoic Studio and Versus Evil announced today. The strategy role-playing game will resume whereits predecessorleft off, which was on quite the cliffhanger, if memory serves. It will be fascinating to see how Stoic forges ahead with this bleak tale....

August 4, 2025 · 1 min · 114 words · David Benson

The Daily Hotness: Noisy Labor Day parades (9/1/08)

This morning I was awoken by the lamest parade ever. At first, all I heard was some music outside; a small (yet very loud) marching band was slowly making its way along the street in front of my house. Once they and their blaring instruments finally made it past I figured I could get back to sleep. Such plans were quickly dashed, however, as a ridiculously long column of cars and semi-trucks that felt the need to blare their horns every two seconds came along next: for twenty minutes straight it was nothing buthonk-honk-honk-honk-honk....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 358 words · Brian Zimmerman DDS

Tower of God: New World details upcoming Halloween update, adds new characters

Netmarble, the South Korean company behindSeven Deadly Sins: Grand CrossandNi no Kuni: Cross Worldshas announceda new update forTower of God: New World, including new characters, story content, and more. The update also includes various limited time events lasting until November 1. 👻[Tower of God: New World] October Update!👻New Teammates ‘Urek Mazino’ and ‘Child Endorsi’ have arrived!😎Enjoy the [October Illusion] event and get plentiful rewards!✨Check out the 10/18 Update!💌(. ❛ ᴗ ❛....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 267 words · Janice Rodriguez

Viz is reprinting the old-school Super Mario Adventures comic

Shipping July 06, 2025 What timing! Just as I’m reliving my childhood with thatNintendo Powerarchivethat’s been making the rounds, there’s news of a standaloneSuper Mario Adventuresreprint in the pipeline at Viz. These comics first appeared in the magazine in the early ’90s, and while they’ve been available as a paperback anthology book for decades, those original copies are mad expensive.Just ridiculous. The upcoming reprint will bring theAdventurescollection down to a much more reasonable price: $14....

August 4, 2025 · 1 min · 86 words · Beverly Padilla

Witcher 3 patch ends Geralt’s candle-lighting obsession

Also deploys the ‘Bovine Defense Force’ CD Projekt RED has pumped out yet another patch forThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt(unless you’re an unfortunate soul who bought the game for Xbox One). Patch 1.05 is live for PC today. There’s an extensivelist of changesviewable below. Besides bug fixes, here’s what stands out: The Defense Force, if you’re wondering, is ananswerto people mercilessly slaying cows over and over again for their delicious experience points....

August 4, 2025 · 1 min · 103 words · Jeremy Hardy

XDefiant Bravo, Delta, and Foxtrot error codes, explained

With all the popularity of Ubisoft’s newly released online shooterXDefiant, a few error codes have started to pop up and have become commonplace throughout its early release. Three of the more commonXDefianterror codes are Bravo, Delta, and Foxtrot. Let’s take a look at what causes these error codes and what you’re able to do to make them stop occurring. What doXDefiantBravo, Delta, and Foxtrot error codes mean? TheXDefiantBravo, Delta, and Foxtrot error codes indicate that there’s some sort of connection issue withXDefiant, though as of now it mostly pertains to server issues due to the game being overloaded with players trying to connect and play....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 302 words · Cindy Casey

Yakuza 0 is coming west in early 2017

In both physical and digital formats Yakuza 0is coming to western shores in early 2017, Sega announced today. The prequel is set in the 1980s and lets players see what Kiryu and Majima’s lives were like as foot soldiers, long before they became the renowned yakuza we’ve seen in previous games. While the title was released on both PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 when it came to Japan last March, Sega only plans to publish the game on PS4 in western territories....

August 4, 2025 · 1 min · 179 words · Candice Lee

Yep, Destiny 2 is getting a big Game of the Year-type edition that includes this fall’s Forsaken expansion

Just like The Taken King Anyone who has sat out onDestiny 2thus far won’t have much trouble getting caught up whenthis fall’sForsakenexpansionreleases. Activision predictably has made the on-boarding process quite simple by introducing a new version of the game. Destiny 2will receive a Legendary Collection on September 4 that’s made up of everything in the game to that point. It includes the base game,Curse of Osiris(the first expansion),Warmind(the second expansion), andForsakenwhich also releases on September 4....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 232 words · Gregory Benson

Yoshi P Apologizes for Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail’s Issues

ThoughFinal Fantasy XIV Dawntrailis still in early access, Naoki “Yoshi P” Yoshida justposted an updateon the officialFinal Fantasyblog to address and apologize for some of the issues present inFinal Fantasy 14’smost recent expansion, focusing on three issues that the team considers to be of high priority. Unresponsiveness in Xbox’s version of Dawntrail The first problem affects the Xbox version, which might become unresponsive when transitioning between locations. This problem might occur in cities and outside areas, and Yoshida claims the likely cause is memory fragmentation....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 292 words · Jose Calderon

(Update) Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition returns to brighten your world this Winter

Last gen anime classic on the way [Update:Guess what, format fans? Namco Bandaihave announcedthatTales of Vesperia: Definitive Editionwill also be releasing on PS4, PC and Nintendo Switch. Ask and ye shall receive, it seems.] As part of Microsoft’s E3 press conference, the publisher announced thatTales of Vesperia,the 2008 anime RPG, is to get re-released, later this year, asTales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition. A new trailer showcases the colourful anime action of Namco Bandai’s fantasy epic, which originally landed on PS3 and Xbox 360....

August 3, 2025 · 1 min · 126 words · George Jennings

10 features that make The Sims 2 better than The Sims 4

With news about apossible re-releaseof the originalSimsalong withThe Sims 2, it’s no wonder gamers are buzzing with excitement. The first two entries in the legendarySimsfranchise are some of the most well-loved games of all time, and it’s easy to see why. But, if you’ve never playedThe Sims 2, you may be wondering what makes it so special. Well, have no fear because we’re here to tell you why it’s the superiorSimsgame....

August 3, 2025 · 5 min · 917 words · Melissa Holt